ViaSat Seeks US Market Access for Three Broadband Satellites

ViaSat wants U.S. market access for U.K.-registered satellites. In three FCC International Bureau filings Monday (see here, here and here), ViaSat said it wanted to use ViaSat-79W, ViaSat-190W and ViaSat-133W to provide additional broadband service to the continental U.S. Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The company said the three satellites would locate at 79 degrees west, 109 degrees west and 133 degrees west, and all three would operate in the 28.1-29.1 GHz and 29.5-30.0 GHz bands for uplinks and the 18.3-19.3 GHz and 19.7-20.2 GHz bands for downlinks.